Dulaglutide

Brand name: Trulicity

Rank #4 of 500 drugs by total cost

Data: CMS Medicare Part D, 2023 (most current available) · Updated March 2026

$2.99B

Total Cost

Share:

2,175,100

Total Claims

$2.99B

Total Cost

49,007

Prescribers

$1,373

Cost per Claim

271,752

Beneficiaries

3,037,524

30-Day Fills

$61K

Avg Cost/Provider

44

Avg Claims/Provider

Share of Medicare Part D Spending

1.1%

of total Medicare Part D spending

$2.99B of $275.65B

Top Prescribers by Cost

Top 10 prescribers of $2.99B total

🔎 Data Overview

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Dulaglutide is the #4 most expensive drug in Medicare Part D, costing taxpayers $2.99B in 2023. The top 10 drugs alone account for roughly 20% of all Part D spending.

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At $1,373 per prescription, this is a high-cost medication. Expensive drugs drive Medicare spending growth and create access challenges for patients with coverage gaps.

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Average cost of $10,990 per patient per year. Medications at this price point significantly impact patient out-of-pocket costs and Medicare spending.

Insights generated from CMS data analysis. Statistical patterns are not accusations — always consider clinical context.

Top Prescribers of Dulaglutide

#ProviderSpecialtyLocationClaimsCost
1Iraklii BuziashviliEndocrinologyBrooklyn, NY2,416$2.7M
2Heidi BuckinghamEndocrinologyOakwood, OH1,321$1.8M
3Zarmen IsraelianEndocrinologyGlendale, CA1,572$1.7M
4Carlos Pla FernandezEndocrinologyTampa, FL1,698$1.7M
5Natasha RodriguezPhysician AssistantChicopee, MA1,485$1.6M
6Farhad FarjoudiEndocrinologySan Diego, CA952$1.6M
7Miguel ArizaInternal MedicineDracut, MA1,122$1.5M
8Phong BuiInternal MedicineFountain Valley, CA930$1.5M
9Joymon SebastianNurse PractitionerDartmouth, MA1,145$1.4M
10Sergio RovnerEndocrinologyEl Paso, TX660$1.3M
11Viorica CrisanEndocrinologyWeirton, WV744$1.3M
12Ashutosh PareekEndocrinologySalem, MA644$1.3M
13Sylvia KariampuzhaEndocrinologyTyler, TX722$1.2M
14Edwin TorresNurse PractitionerNew York, NY856$1.2M
15Roberta MansenNurse PractitionerSchenectady, NY993$1.2M

Top prescribers ranked by total cost for this drug in 2023.

Related Drugs by Cost

#DrugTotal CostClaims
1Apixaban (Eliquis)$7.75B8,995,930
2Semaglutide (Ozempic)$4.30B3,193,643
3Empagliflozin (Jardiance)$3.58B3,334,784
4Dulaglutide (Trulicity)$2.99B2,175,100
5Rivaroxaban (Xarelto)$2.45B2,628,123
6Adalimumab (Humira(Cf) Pen)$2.17B240,925
7Lenalidomide (Revlimid)$2.15B130,834

Related Analysis

Data from CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber-Drug Public Use File, 2023. Methodology